Lighting-fixture



E. B. NEWMAN. LIGHTING FIXTURE. APPLICATION FILEID NOV. 6, 1919. RENEWEDSEPT. 14, 1921'.

Patented Nov. 8; 1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 1

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Application filed November 6, 1919, Seriallio. 886,126. RenewedSeptember 14, 1921. Serial No. 500,705.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EARL B. NEWMAN, a citizen of the United States,residin at i Findlay, in the county ofHancock and tabs by securing ofwhich the following is a specification.

of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aLighting-Fixture,

This invention relates to improvements in lighting fixtures primarilydesigned for interior hghting and has for its object to provide a deviceof this character in which substantially all portions thereof which areexosed to view are constructed of wood wherey the character and finishof the wood may be varied according to the wood work or furniture of theroom or apartment wherein the fixture is located to increase theesthetic value of the eneral appearance of the room armony of color,finish and design of the fixtures and furnishings.

Another object is the provision of a fixture of this character whereinthe combustible wood is effectively protected against the action of fireand heat in a short circuit of the electrical conductors extendingtherethrough or from other causes by the provision of adequatefire-proofing material to the portions of the wood which are exposed tothe electrical conductors.

With these and other objects in view as will appear as the descriptionproceeds, the invention comprises the features of construction,combination and arrangement of parts as will be clearly ap arent fromthe following specification ta en in connection with the accompanyingdrawings in which Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the improvedfixture.

Fig. 2 represents a fragmentary enlarged sectional view through the suporting base.

Fig. 2*is a sectional view of the eye bolt and spacing element.

Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal sectional view through a modificationof the invention.

Referring to the drawing in detail, wherein similar reference numeralsdesignate corresponding parts throu bout. the several views, the numeral5 indicates asupportin canopy which is constructed of wood an in thespirit of the invention, it is evidentthat the character of the wood andgeneral design of the canopy may be widely varied to secure harmonybetween visible details comparatively between the fixture of woodSpecification of Letters Patent.

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work or furnishings of the room. The canopy 5 is adapted to be supportedfrom the ceiling of a room or. other apartment and is providedin itsupper portion with a cavity 6 receiving a correspondingly shaped lining7 of metal or other fire-proof material which i is preferably flanged asindicated at 8 to maintain it in position. The canopy 5 is formed with aplurality of diverging openings 9, the number of which may vary asnecessity or preference may dictate and the wood casings or coverings 10for the fireproof tubes or conduits 11 arefitted terminally in theapertures 9 and are preferably anchored at their extremities whereby thecasings may be securely wedged in position and thereby firmly held inplace. The tubes or conduits 11 are preferably constructed of metal orother rigid fire-proof material and are provided with threaded openupper extremities receiving nuts 12 which are arranged within the cu-like lining 6 and limit the downward longitudinal thrust of the tubes.

The lower extremities of the conduits 11 below the extremities of thecasings 10 are provided with integral or attached depend ing eyes 13which are linked in the circular apertured upper extremities 14 of eyebolts 15 positioned transversely through and adjacent the outer edge ofan ornamental supporting and spacing element 16.

The lower extremities of the eye bolts 15 are provided with aperturedheads 17 receiving the supporting members 18 of preferred types ofincandescent lamp sockets 18 adapted to receive preferred types of lamps(not shown) for illuminating purposes. The canopy 5, conduit casings 10and combined supporting and spacing elements 16 are constructed of wood,the character, design and finish of which may be readily varied, as willbe understood, to properly harmonize with the woodwork or furnishings ofthe room or other apartment in which the fixture is located and theconductors whereby an electrical current is supplied to the lampsmounted in the sockets 18 are positioned through the conduits 11 andthrough longitudinal openings formed in the eye bolts 15, therebyobviating danger of injury to the woodwork or furnishings due toexcessive heating of the electrical conductors.

Referring to the modification of the invem longitudinally therein.

tion illustrated in Fig. 3, the canopy is designed for attachment to avertical wall to provide a side wall fixture, and the canopy isconstructed of wood and provided in this instance, withan integralhorizontal extension 21 constituting a casing or covering for theconduit 22 which is arranged The canopy" 20 is provided with a cavityfor the reception of the electrical conductors in which is arranged ametallicfire-proof lining 23. One extremity of the conduit 22 isexternally threaded and receives a nut 24 whereby it is maintained inposition and the opposite extremity of the conduit is connected with anelbow 25 extending through the lower portion of the extremity'of-thecasing or covering 21 and connected with an incandescent lamp socket 26adapted to receive a preferred typxefifincandescent lamp (not shown).atI claim is:

' V 'In a lighting fixture of the" class described 7 provided with aplurality of diverging openings therein, wooden casings having fireproof metallic condults there1n fitted terminally 111 the divergingopenings, and

threaded to receive securing nuts thereon 1 arranged within the hollowcanopy, depending eyes carried by the lower extremities of said metallicconduits, an enlarged spacing element provided with a plurality ofvertical apertures therein near its outer periphery, eye'boltspositioned within the said vertical apertures and connected to thedepending eyes, and loosely connected depending sockets carried by thelower terminals of the said eye bolts and beneath the spacing element.

' In testimony whereofI afiix my signature hereto.

EARL B. NEWMAN.

